Group 8 Gender-Specific Language by HyeonKi 19 https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg en-us 2022-06-02 06:43:22 UTC 2026-02-23 03:19:32 UTC hello@padlet.com What is Gender-Specific Language? irisvielyu https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208578060      Language with a bias towards a specific social gender or sex. It includes the use of masculine pronouns and gender-specific terminology.
     Gender language that refers to the words that presume connections among jobs or positions and gender, such as "policeman," as well as language norms that varies based on the gender of the person being addressed. 
     Addressing gendered references in writing could be difficult, particularly as there is no collectively accepted set of measures to take around which to establish our choices. However, there are a lot of ways in which we can "chop and change" in making a more appropriate terms. That is why the use of gender-neutral language is now common practice across both; media ethics and academic writing, as evident for various fields of study such as; APA, MLA, etc.
      In practicing gender-inclusive language is to envision a group of individuals going to read your article. Will every viewer feel supported? Imagining your viewers is an important skill to develop in any writing setting, and rewriting and learning gendered-inclusive language is an excellent skill to develop, especially in a professional setting.]]> 2022-06-02 06:43:49 UTC https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208578060 Rephrase irisvielyu https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208578503 Complete rephrasing may be required on occasion. Instead of 'the official shall carry out his obligations,' for example. Use plural forms ('officials shall carry out their duties...'), use the imperative ('please send your CV to...'), omit the pronoun entirely ('an official's salary is determined by his length of service'), use the passive ('the relevant documents should be sent to...') if none of the above strategies work. Use 'he or she' sparingly and don't use it more than once several times in the same sentence avoid using alternating masculine and feminine forms, such as 'he/she,' 'him/her,' and's/he.']]> 2022-06-02 06:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208578503 Substitution irisvielyu https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208578973      The meaning of words like 'doctor' and 'lawyer' has long been established. A professional of any gender (without the words 'woman,' 'lady,' or 'female' on the front). In certain circumstances, an alternative is available by the use of gender-neutral titles('firefighters,' 'flight attendants,' 'athletes,' for example), but 'fisherman,"midwife,' and other gender-specific titles are also used. ]]> 2022-06-02 06:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208578973 Example irisvielyu https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208662046 2022-06-02 07:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208662046 irisvielyu https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208676697 Bent, S. (2021, September 9). Gender-neutral language in the workplace: An example from Hotjar. Hotjar. https://www.hotjar.com/blog/gender-inclusive-language-workplace/

Council of Europe. (2020). Sexism: See it. Name it. Stop it. Human Rights Channel. https://human-rights-channel.coe.int/stop-sexism-en.html

Elsesser, K. (2020, July 8). How To Use Gender-Neutral Language, And Why It’s Important To Try. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2020/07/08/how-to-use-gender-neutral-language-and-why-its-important-to-try/?sh=db5302826bab

European Parliament. (2018). Gender-neutral language - european parliament. Gender-Neutral Language in the European Parliament. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/151780/GNL_Guidelines_EN.pdf

Ingre, D., & Basil, R. (2016). Building a Foundation. In Engineering communication: A practical guide to workplace communications for engineers (2nd ed., pp. 8, 9). Cengage Learning. https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/reader/books/9781305887183/pageid/23

International Labour Organization. (2022, February). The gender gap in employment: What's holding women back? https://www.ilo.org/infostories/en-GB/Stories/Employment/barriers-women#global-gap

Presley, S. (2017, February 8). The Psychology of Freedom: How Sexist Language Harms Women. Libertarianism.org. https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/psychology-freedom-how-sexist-language-harms-women#:~:text=Sexist%20language%20is%20a%20way,is%20defined%20by%20a%20man

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (2004, September 3). Feminist Philosophy of Language. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-language/

Thebaud, S., & Doering, L. (2017, July 30). Why we gender-stereotype jobs. BBC. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20170728-why-we-gender-stereotype-jobs

UNC-Chapel Hill Writing Center. (2022, April 26). Gender-Inclusive Language –. The Writing Center • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/gender-inclusive-language/

World Bank. (2019, January 24). Gendered languages may play a role in limiting women’s opportunities, new research finds. https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2019/01/24/gendered-languages-may-play-a-role-in-limiting-womens-opportunities-new-research-finds
]]> 2022-06-02 08:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208676697 Issues and Controversies irisvielyu https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208676987 2022-06-02 08:05:45 UTC https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208676987 Solutions irisvielyu https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208678078 2022-06-02 08:06:56 UTC https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208678078 Gender-Neutral irisvielyu https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208736363      Gender reminders on a regular basis may have an effect. Dividing everybody into female and male groups may cause us all to interpret women and men to be more dissimilar than they are.
     Using gender-neutral language means that no gender being discriminated against; it promotes equality and removing gender bias.]]> 2022-06-02 09:03:58 UTC https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208736363 Introduction irisvielyu https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208738003 2022-06-02 09:05:48 UTC https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208738003 Sexist Language Gives the Belief that Men Appears to be Superior https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208777143      One of the most common issues regarding our contemporary language is that women are more negatively stereotyped, seen as inferior, and sexualized. Many references have stated that there are ten times more sexual words about women compared to men. In addition to that, there are only 65 slang terms for male prostitutes, while for women prostitutes, there are about as many as 500 terms. The language that is related to women is most likely to be belittling or trivializing. In contrast, languages that are in the masculine form of the same word are not seen as negative terms. An example of that is the words: 'chick,' 'shawty,' 'lady doctor,' or 'girl' are ]]> 2022-06-02 09:49:07 UTC https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208777143 Awareness irisvielyu https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208777804     To avoid unintentional bias, one should be aware of what term to be use while talking to somebody else or writing documents.]]> 2022-06-02 09:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208777804 Women's Opportunities Are Limited https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208777961      The majority of occupations in society are gender-stereotyped, resulting in a considerable disparity in what a person should pursue based on their gender. Construction, military, defense, and firefighting jobs require strenuous labor. Being a doctor, nurse, or secretary, on the other hand, is regarded as a woman's occupation. Individuals working on the opposite side of gender-stereotyped occupations are thus discriminated against and seem unsuitable from the 
public's viewpoint.
     Gendered-specific languages play a significant role in creating an unbalanced career
platform for women to secure a sustainable career. In fact, gendered-specific language is the native language of 38% of the world's population (World Bank, 2019). In addition to having difficulty securing a job, global employment among genders occurs wherein the global labor force of women is only 47%. In comparison, men have 72% labor force (International Labour Organization, 2022). Thus, it is clearly evident that stereotyping jobs with gender by using gender-specific words or phrases significantly impacts women.
]]> 2022-06-02 09:50:18 UTC https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208777961 https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208800403 2022-06-02 10:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208800403 https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208804769 2022-06-02 10:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208804769 irisvielyu https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208810310 received by the majority as an inferior version, while the words 'stud' or 'beta male' is not entirely seen as a negative word. 
     Nowadays, the usage of gender-neutral terms is not actually gender-neutral but rather gender-specific, which is to men. When a specific individual gives a sample sentence, that individual uses 'man' or 'he' in their sentence. An example sentence is "A man goes to the zoo" or "When a person is hurt, he goes to the hospital." A related statistic regarding sex-related languages or words is that in the United Kingdom, 66 percent of 16 to 18-year-old girls had encountered or observed sexist language at school. Sexist language is made to avoid severe conflicts between the two separate sexes. However, the current state of our sex-related language has been nothing but detrimental to the equality between men and women. ]]> 2022-06-02 10:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208810310 irisvielyu https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208816950 2022-06-02 10:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208816950 https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208817758 2022-06-02 10:38:05 UTC https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208817758 Gender-Specific Nouns irisvielyu https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208827219 Actor/Actress
Brother/Sister
Businessman/Businesswoman
Husband/Wife
Policeman/Policewoman
Waiter/Waitress
Salesman/Saleswoman]]> 2022-06-02 10:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208827219 References https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208827940 2022-06-02 10:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208827940 Gender-Neutral Nouns irisvielyu https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208831864 Actor
Sibling
Businessperson
Spouse
Police Officer
Server
Salesperson]]> 2022-06-02 10:55:49 UTC https://padlet.com/irisvielyu/xj5v3qqexz57yhkg/wish/2208831864